[asterisk-users] is this possible..

[Mojo with Horan & Company, LLC]

Yeah, Asterisk I think would be more than capable of doing that.  It'll 
need some work to glue it all together.  A lot of this would be written 
as an AGI script, and PHP or so for the webpage part of it. 

Sounds fun!

blackwater dev wrote:
> We currently have an application used by the trucking industry to find
> freight to move.  Now, the trucker does a search around Boston (for example)
> and gets 100 loads returned.  They start at the first and call the company
> who has the freight, the company may say, sorry, someone just booked that so
> they go to the next number and call.  It might take them 3-4 calls to find
> one that's still available.
> What I want to do is allow the trucker to click a check box by several loads
> and just click a button...it calls the first person and the system asks if
> its available, if yes it asks if he wants to hear the truckers credentials,
> if yes, it reads them and then asks if he wants to talk to the trucker and
> if so calls the trucker to connect the two.  If the load is take then the
> system asks if he wants it removed from our system.  If it's taken or he
> doesn't want to talk to the trucker, it just goes to the next number to
> call.  In theory the trucker can click x rows and just sit back back and
> know when he gets a call the system has found an available load that he is
> approved by the broker to take.
>
> thanks,
> Eddie
>
> On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:53 AM, Adam Moffett <adam at plexicomm.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> I think he's talking about an automated system.  It's definitely
>> possible with asterisk, whether or not it's a good idea.
>>     
>>> I really see this is useless since we alreadu got pricegrabbers
>>> buy.com and froogle they all list the itme in stock on the site there
>>> is really no need for a $30k a year operator to read it for the
>>> person.
>>> just my $0.02
>>>
>>> On 3/6/08, blackwater dev <blackwaterdev at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> I'm head of R&D for a dot com company and we are looking to create a
>>>> prototype using asterisk.  Basically we people who visit our site and
>>>>         
>> search
>>     
>>>> for goods listed by other people.  Once something is found, a phone
>>>>         
>> number
>>     
>>>> is listed in the results and person A calls person B to see if the item
>>>>         
>> is
>>     
>>>> available, cost, etc.  I'd like for the person searching to be able to
>>>>         
>> click
>>     
>>>> on 10 items they are interested in then click another button which
>>>>         
>> would
>>     
>>>> have asterisk start at the first, call person B, ask if the item is
>>>> available, if yes, then call person A and connect the two, if not, it
>>>>         
>> says
>>     
>>>> thanks, and calls the next person on the list.  Is this possible with
>>>> Asterisk?
>>>>
>>>> Second, anyone looking for some contract work to help get this
>>>>         
>> prototype
>>     
>>>> running?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
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